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WWE RAW REPORT: TITLE VERSUS TITLE, THE MAN HAS A NEW CHALLENGER?, DEAN'S LAST MATCH, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2019-04-08 23:00:00

They go for a test of strength and Balor with a waist lock but Zayn with a take down but Balor holds on to the waist lock.  Zayn with a wrist lock take down but Balor with an arm drag and Balor sends Zayn to the floor.  Zayn sends Balor to the floor and then Zayn teases a dive and lands in the ring.  Zayn with a side head lock and Balor tries to send Sami off the ropes and Zayn holds on.  Balor with a drop kick for a near fall.  Balor with an arm bar and arm drag into an arm bar.  Balor works on the wrist.  Zayn with a chop and forearms to Balor.  Zayn kicks Balor and chops Balor in the corner.  Zayn with another chop.  Zayn with a sunset flip but Balor rolls through and hits a drop kick.

Balor with a double leg take down and double stomp.  Balor chops Zayn and they go to another corner for another chop.  Balor with an Irish whip but Balor runs into a boot.  Zayn goes for the arm drag off the ropes but Balor does not go down.  Balor with a Pele Kick and both men are down as we go to commercial.

We are back and Balor sends Zayn back into the ring.  Balor blocks the Blue Thunder Bomb but Zayn is able to hit one for a near fall.  Balor with Slingblade followed by a drop kick that sends Zayn into the turnbuckles.  Zayn moves on Coup de Grace and Zayn with a rollup for a near fall.  Zayn with an exploder into the turnbuckles and Zayn sets for the Helluva kick but Zayn misses when Balor moves.  Zayn with Coup de Grace for the three count.

Winner:  Finn Balor (Retains Championship)

After the match, Sami got the mic and he said he thought coming out tonight would cure what ails him.  It only reinforced what he thought about for the last nine months.  It seems like you missed him.  He says from the bottom of his heart, he did not miss any of this or any of you.  WWE is a super toxic environment.  It is not because of the McMahons or the other superstars.  It is because of this audience and your ugliness.  Sami says he lives a meaningful and fulfilling life, but your lives seem so devoid of meaning that you only get joy and satisfaction for being critics.  

Sami says that is because it is the only thing that gives you any sense of self importance.  You judge everyone but yourselves.   It is because none of you have the balls to look inside yourself because of the ugliness and cynicism inside yourselves.  You think you are the voice of reason?  You think you are the voices that should be heard?  Overnight, you have become the evil overlords of WWE.  Sami Zayn has been about one thing, doing what is right.  The right thing is not to come back and save WWE.  It is not to takeover the WWE.  The right thing to do is to come out here every single week and hold each and every one of you accountable because no one wil.  Sami tells everyone he will see them in hell.

We go to commercial with the sound of Elias' guitar.

Dana Brooke is in the interview area and she says she has a quick declarative statement.  She congratulates Becky for winning the title.  There is a line forming of women looking to challenge Becky.  Dana says she knows she might not be in the front of the line, she knows she is not at the back of the line any more.  She says she will seize that moment.  

Elias is in the ring.

He says last night, John Cena ruined his Wrestlemania for the second year in a row.  You were supposed to get the performance of his life, but you were subjected to the Doctor of Thuganomics.  John Cena is no musician.  He is no artist.  He is a selfish, insecure, piece of garbage riding the coattails of Elias' popularity.  Elias says in the spirit of Brooklyn and in the spirit of what happened, he is going to show how easy it is to rap.

I am sick of John Cena, I'm your biggest star.  If you want the Doctor of Thuganomics, Elias is going to rap a few bars.  John brought out the shovel, but you cannot bury him.  Elias says he is holding up three fingers, and the middle one is for you.  Everyone wants to make their name off Elias, but the next one to interrupt him is a dead man.

A gong sounds and the Undertaker is here.

Elias thinks about leaving the ring but he stops at the ropes and he turns around and returns into the ring.  Taker and Elias stand face to face. Elias starts to turn around but Elias charges at Taker and Taker with a boot.  Taker with a choke slam.  Taker removes his jacket and signals that it is over.  Taker with a tombstone on Elias.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Five:  Kofi Kingston versus Seth Rollins in a Title versus Title Match

They lock up and Kofi with a wrist lock.  Rollins with a reversal and side head lock take down.  Rollins with a shoulder tackle.  Kofi with a leaping back elbow and he goes for SOS but Rolins blocks it.  Rollins misses the knee but he hits a thrust kick.  Rollins misses Black Out and we go to commercial.

We are back and Rollins with a punch and chop.  Kofi with a punch and chop.  Rollins with a chop.  They go back and forth.  Rollins with an Irish whip and Kofi with boots to Rollins.  Kofi tries for a double jump cross body but Rollins with a drop kick to stop Kofi.  Rollins leaps over Kofi and hits an enzuigiri for a near fall.  Kofi with a rollup for a near fall.  Kofi with a DDT for a near fall.  Kofi with a pendulum kick and he goes up top but Rollins leaps to the turnbuckles.  Rollins is knocked to the floor and Kofi goes for a cross body onto Rollins but Sheamus and Cesaro attack Kofi and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner:  Kofi Kingston (by disqualification)

After the match, Sheamus and Cesaro attack Kofi.  Rollins goes after Sheamus and Cesaro.  Kofi and Rollins send Sheamus and Cesaro the floor.

Seth says he does not know what is wrong with you two to interrupt a match like that.  Seth says they will finish that some other time.  Seth says he has a bone to pick with the Bar so how about a match right here and right now.

Match Number Six:  Sheamus and Cesaro versus Seth Rollins and Kofi Kingston

Rollins and Cesaro start things off and Rollins with slingblade and he clotheslines Cesaro over the top rope to the floor.  Cesaro catches Rollins on a plancha and hits a back breaker onto the apron.  Kofi comes off the ring steps and Cesaro moves.  Sheamus with a back breaker onto the ringside barrier as we go to commercial.

We are bck and Cesaro tries to keep Rollins from making the tag.  Rollins with a back body drop and Sheamus tags in and he knocks Kofi off the apron.  Cesaro with a running European uppercut and a double back breakear.  Sheamus with a knee from the apron for a near fall by Cesaro.  Sheamus tags in.  Rollins with punches and chops.  Sheamus goes for a slam but Rollins escapes and Sheamus goes shoulder first into the post.  Kofi tags in and hits a springboard forearm and drop kick.  Kofi with a jumping clothesline and Boom Drop.  

Kofi misses Trouble in Paradise but he hits SOS for a near fall.  Kofi sends Cesaro to the floor and Kofi goes up top with a Trust Fall onto Cesaro and Sheamus and they catch Kofi but Rollins with a suicide dive to take them down.  Kofi goes up top and hits a cross body on Sheamus for a near fall.  Sheamus with a jumping knee to Kofi for a near fall.  Cesaro tags in and they hit a spike Air Raid Crash but Rollins breaks up the cover.  Sheamus goes for a Finlay Slam on the floor but Rollins gets to his feet and hits a super kick and sends Sheamus into the ring post.

Kofi with a back drop and Cesaro goes for the Giant Wing but Kofi with an inside cradle for a near fall.  Kofi with a boot to Cesaro and Rollins tags in.  Kofi with Trouble in Paradise and Rollins with Black Out for the three count.

Winners:  Seth Rollins and Kofi Kingston

After the match, Rollins raises Kofi's hand as the champions show each other respect.

We go to credits.


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